SIECUS Developments is the semiannual newsletter of SIECUS.  Since 1964, SIECUS has been at the forefront of promoting comprehensive sexuality education for people of all ages and protecting the rights of individuals to make informed sexual and reproductive choices.

I have some very exciting news to share with you. Just recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released Funding Opportunity Announcements for both the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) and the Title V abstinence-only program. PREP is the first-ever dedicated funding stream for comprehensive sex education, and will provide states with $55 million a year for five years for evidence-based teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and HIV-prevention programs that will also address additional adulthood preparation subjects. The Title V program provides $50 million per year in funding tosupport abstinence-only programs—programs that extensive research has proven to be ineffective..

Click Here to read the full Summer/Fall 2010 Issue of SIECUS Developments